Checking device



July 14, 1931. w. P. DE SAUSSURE, JR 1,814,436

CHECKING DEVICE Filed Aug. 22, 1.928

1-; ATTOR'N EY Patented July 14, 1931 oarransrarss PATE T QFFmE WILLIAM 15. DE SAUSSUBE, JR., OF ENGLEWOOD, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR T0. DE

SAUSSTIRE EQUIPM'ENT COMP ..NY, OF "WEST NEW YORK, NEW JERSEY, A GORPORA i1:

TION OF DELAWARE CHECKING DEVICE Application filed. August 22, 1928. Serial No. 301,233.

This invention relates to checking devices used for identification of garments in public cloak rooms and other similar purposes.

The invention aims to provide an improved duplicate check device, comprising two members bearing the same identifying characters, one of which members is adapted to be quickly and easily attached to a coat or hat or other garment or other article without injury thereto and be readily detached therefrom,'and the other of which members is to be given to the guest or patron for garment identification, and which members are easily connected so that they will be together when not in use. To these ends, a device according to the invention comprises a garment member or check Consisting of a strip of resilient material bent to form garment gripping jaws, one of which is preferably provided with a rounded boss extending to engage the other jaw, the jaws being formed for easy application to a garment margin, and a duplicate check which is preferably in flat or disk form, adapted to slip easily between the jaws of the garment check, and provided with a socket or aperture to be engaged by the jaw boss above mentioned, so that the duplicate check will be retained securely in the garment check, but may be easily removed for delivery to the patron.

The. accompanying drawings illustrate an approved embodiment of the invention. In said drawings:

Fig. 1 is a plan view of a duplicate check device showing the duplicate, or patrons, check assembled with the garment check;

Fig. 2 is a sectional view taken on line 22 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a side view of the garment check alone; and

Fig. 4. is a plan View of the patrons check alone.

Referring to the drawings, the garment check 10 consists principally of a strip of thin resilient material, usually spring metal, bent at 11 to form a loo-p and to provide jaws 12 and 13 of which one, preferably the upper jaw 18, has its end 14 bent up or away from the lower jaw at a substantial angle to the plane of the lower aw to form a tapered garment edge entrance. One of the jaws as 13 has rounded boss 15 pressed in the metal strip, the convex face of which normally bears resiliently against the other jaw 12. The straight jaw 12 is extended beyondthe end of the bent end jaw 13 to facilitate garment engagement.

An identifying mark, such as a number, as

-108, is applied to the check 10. Instead of being stamped or otherwise applied directly tothe metal or other strip, the identifying mark is most desirably imprinted on a tag 18, best made of celluloid or similar material, which is secured to the upper jaw 13 by means of spaced prongs 19 stamped or punched in the metal strip and clenched down upon the tag, the ends of the prongs biting into the tag and retaining it securely in position. I v

The duplicate, or patrons, check 20 is formed bya fiat disk, usually round, which may be of' any suitable material but most desirably of celluloid or similar material, and hasan identifying character the same as that on the garment check, in this case 108-, imprinted thereon. The check 20 has, preferably at its center, ahole 21 forming a socket in which the boss'15 engages to retain the check between the jaws of the garment check 10 when the device is not in use for garment identification.

The check 20 is easily slipped edgewise between the jaws 12 and 18 of the garment check 10, and the engagement of the boss 15 in the socket 21 retains the check in a practically positive manner, while permitting it to be readily removed by lateral movement in its own plane, such movementforcing the rounded boss out of the socket 21. VVhen the checks are connected asshown in Figs. 1 and 2, they may be conveniently hung on a hook in thecloaak room by the loop 11 of the check 10.

hen a garment is presented for checking, the duplicate check 20 is pulled away from the garment check and handed to the patron, and the garment check 10 is applied to the garment by inserting any convenient marginal part of the garment between the aws 12 and 13. This application of the check is easily and quickly made by placing the extended end of the j aw 12 against one side of the marginal part of the coat, hat or other garment or other article and pushing the check toward the edge of the garment, whereupon the latter enters between the jaws, the jaws then acting to resiliently grip the garment and retain the check thereon. The boss 15 aids in securely holding the check on the garment secure against accidental displacement. When the patron presents the duplicate check, the garment check is easily slipped off from the garment and the checks are reconnected and are then ready for re-use.

What is claimed is:

1. A duplicate check device, comprising a garment cheek and duplicate check holder consisting of a strip of resilient sheet material bearing on its outer face an identification mark and bent to form a loop and gripping aws, one of which jaws has its end bent angularly outward to form a tapered garment edge entrance, and a duplicate check bearing the same identification mark removably held between the jaws of the garment check.

2. A duplicate check device, comprising a garment check and duplicate check holder consisting of a strip of resilient sheet material bearing on its outer face an identification mark and bent to form a loop and gripping jaws, one of which jaws has its end bent out ward to form a tapered garment edge entrance, and a duplicate check bearing the same identification mark inserted between the j aws of the garment check and having a socket to receive a part of one of the jaws.

3. A duplicate check device, comprising a garment check and duplicate cheek holder consisting of a strip of resilient sheet material bearing on its out-er face an identification mark and bent to form a loop and gripping jaws, one of which jaws has a rounded boss adapted resiliently to engage the other jaw and the end of one of which is bent outward beyond said boss to form a garment edge entrance, and a duplicate check bearing the same identification mark removably held between the aws of the garment check formed of a disk of substantial thickness having an opening forming a socket to receive said boss when the disk is entered between the jaws.

4. A duplicate check device, comprising a garment check and duplicate check holder consisting of a strip of resilient sheet material bearing on its outer face an identification mark and bent to form a loop and grip ping jaws, one of which jaws has a rounded boss adapted resiliently to engage the other jaw and one of which has its end bent outward beyond said boss to form a garment edge entrance, and a duplicate check bearing the same identification mark removably held between the jaws of the garment check having a shoulder for engagement by a part of one of the aws for resiliently holding the duplicate check to the garment check.

5. A check device, consisting of a strip of resilient sheet metal bent to form a loop and gripping jaws one of which has its end bent outward to form a tapered garment edge entrance, and a tag of thin sheet material bearing an identification mark on one of the jaws, and prongs integral with said jaw in clenched engagement with marginal portions of the tag.

6. A duplicate check device as in claim 2, in which the identification mark on the duplicate check is spaced a greater distance from the center of said socket than half the width of the jaws of the garment check to allow the duplicate check to be brought into engagement with the garment check without obscuring the identification mark on the former.

7. A duplicate check device as in claim 3, in

which the duplicate check disk is of greater diameter than the width of the jaws of the garment check, and the identification mark on such disk is located on the margin thereof to allow the duplicate check to be brought into engagement with the garment check without obscuring the identification mark on the former.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

WILLIAM P. DE SAUSSURE, JR. 

